Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-09-14

as officer of the guard major o. Il. Par
fridge as adjutant. They will be respected
and obeyed accordingly. BY order Of Luke
Phillips, camp commander.
Saturday commenced with guard
mount, and was to be followed by a
sham battle and dress parade. Ow-
ing to the ammunition being on the
steamer City of Alpena, and that YES
sci being detained by a storm, the
battle had to be postponed until after
the dress parade. In addition to the
posts, there were present the Alpena
Guards, the Knights of Pythias and
the Knights of st. John. The num-
Der of citizens present was about g.
500, and was certainly the largest
concourse of people ever seen on the
fair grounds.
General order No. 2. Detail for the day.
Comrade 4. s. Steele officer Of the day
Frank HAZEL officer of the guard +. ID.
Tyler adjutant. The camp will be ready
to fall in, in light marching order, at the
sound of the bugle. Every man will be
expected to be ready for duty, and il duty
calls to meet the enemy, show yourselves
true soldiers by giving him warm recep-
ton. BY order Of c. l.. Kimball, camp
commander.
About four o'clock the ammunition
arrived, and the preparations for the
battle began. The G. A. r. and Sons
of Veterans posts were placed to de-
fend the camp, and the Alpena
Guards and the Knights were the
enemy who were to conquer the camp.
The battle field was in front of the
grand stand and was a spirited affair,
and gave great pleasure to the many
spectators. Each Of the opposing
forces had a cannon. While the bat
tie was raging. comrades Maltz and
Kelley with a few followers, under
took to flank the enemy. Their
thanking movement was hid by the
bushes. but unfortunately for the
success of their brilliant stategic flank
movement, just as they were about to
dcmoralize the enemy, they came up
on a large dog, which resisted their
further progress. They opened Wig
orous FIRE on the animal and tho dog
answered back with a volley of bark.
The noise attracted the attention of
the Guards and a number of them
quietly got in rear of the fanking
party. 1t now looked as if the flank
ing party would be captured, but, dis
covering their danger, they beat has
ty retreat and managed to escape.
After vigorous struggle the enemy
was repulsed and the camp safe.
Special order No. 1. The thanks of
Lockwood Post No. 139, G. A. R., and Geo.
Root camp No. As, Sons Of Veterans, are
extended to John Earl Post. No. 1856, G. A.
R., of AuSable, to Alpena Division Knights
of Pythias, to the Society of St. John the
Baptist, Select Knights, and Alpena Guards
for their attendance and valuable assistance
rendered on the occasion Of this our first
annual encampment. BY order of G. L.
Kimball, Post Commander, and o. l.. Par
fridge, Camp Commander.
The program for Sunday compris-
ed guard mount, inspection, divine
service and dress parade. The SER
vices took place in the grand stand,
at 3 p. NJ, Rev. Van Auken officiat-
ing. The stand was packed full of
citizens, while hundreds were gather
ed in groups, or in carriages, about
the stand, and the reverend gentle
man discoursed in his usual pleasant
and instructive manner.
General order No. 8, issued at 8 A:
NJ, said:
The detail for duty this day will be as
follows: Comrade Malcomson, officer of
the day: comrade Miles, officer OF guard !;
Geo. F. Howard, adjutant. They will be
respected and obsyed accordingly.
We have protected our camp and after
hard fought battle have come out victo-
rious. Let us now enjoy day of rest.
Divine services will be held at r. NJ, and
dress parade at 4 r.. NJ. BY order of o. L.
Partridge, camp commander.
About three o'clock Sunday after
noon the Germania Band, the Alpena
Guards, the Knights of Pythias and
the Select Knights, started from the
rendezvous, opposite the Armory, and
marched to the fair grounds. They
presented an exceedingly fine appear
ance and were followed by hundreds
of citizens. Each of societies wore
their handsome uniforms and during
the march up Chisholm street per-
formed many beautiful military move
ments. There was an almost constant
change in the formations. They
formed crosses of various kinds, hol-
low squares, triangles, marched in
column, in rank, in open and close
order, and many other movements,
and the manner in which the work
was done deserved the henrtiest praise.
1t was a fine display.
Soon after their arrival at camp,
the band, Guards, societies and veter-
ans marched to the parade ground in
front of the grand stand where the
dress parade took place. The G. A.
r. and Sons of Veterans formed on
the right, next to them were the
Knights of Pythias, then the Select
Knights, and the Guards formed the
left. Lieutenant Furbush acted as
adjutant, and F. G. Holmes as COM
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